He replaces Tom Holmoe, who resigned at the end of a 1-10 season. Holmoe had a 16-39 record in five years as coach of the Bears.

''I've been wanting to be a head coach for a long time, and I don't think there's a better fit,'' Tedford said.

Tedford will continue at Oregon through the Fiesta Bowl, where the Ducks will play Colorado. At the same time, he has begun putting together a staff to help recruit.

Cal's last winning season was 1993 when the Bears finished 9-4 under Keith Gilbertson and were ranked No. 25. The school's last conference title was in 1975.

''I have a goal and a vision that Cal can get to where we compete for a Pac-10 championship and at the national level,'' Tedford said. ''The first goal is to have a winning season. I want to set goals high.''

Tedford is the first big hire for Steve Gladstone, who took over athletic director duties in April.

This year, Oregon was among the conference leaders in pass offense and second in rushing offense.

''I want to be wide open and balanced,'' Tedford said. ''I want to run the football, throw it and protect the quarterback.''

Before joining the Oregon staff, Tedford was offensive coordinator from 1993-97 at Fresno State, his alma mater. He realizes he has dual loyalties as the season ends.

''I do have a commitment to Oregon to coach in the bowl game and I feel strongly in finishing that commitment,'' he said. ''At the same time, I'm organizing a staff that will get out on the road right away. It's a fine line and I have to balance those things.''

East-West rosters set

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Oregon quarterback Joey Harrington heads the West roster announced Wednesday for the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 12 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco.

Harrington, who will play in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1, will join his coach, Mike Bellotti, for the game.

Indiana's Antwaan Randle El and Illinois' Kurt Kittner top the East roster. Illinois' Ron Turner, the Big Ten coach of the year, will coach the East.

Clemson attendance up

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson averaged more than 80,000 fans a game for just the second time in the school's history, ticket manager Van Hilderbrand says.

The Tigers averaged 80,152 people over six games at Memorial Stadium this season, Hilderbrand said Wednesday. Clemson had a total paid attendance of 480,911.

Clemson's 41-27 loss to Florida State on Nov. 3 drew the fourth largest crowd in the school's history at 85,036.

The attendance record is an average of 81,750 in 1988. Home games against Florida State and South Carolina helped set the record.

Clemson sold 57,506 season tickets this year, the second highest total in school history.

The Tigers have had four of their top five single-game crowds under coach Tommy Bowden.

Graham wins Mackey

UNIONDALE, N.Y.-- Colorado's Daniel Graham won the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end Wednesday.

Graham, a first-team All-America selection, caught 51 passes for a school-record 753 yards and six touchdowns for the third-ranked Buffaloes, who won the Big 12 championship and will play No. 2 Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.

Graham, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound senior from Denver, won over Miami's Jeremy Shockey and Oklahoma's Trent Smith.

Rowell can play

AUBURN, Ala. -- Linebacker Lemarcus Rowell, ruled ineligible to play for Auburn this season because a math course didn't pass muster with the NCAA, has learned belatedly the NCAA made a mistake.

An NCAA official informed Auburn that Rowell's file was overlooked for weeks and that the math course actually had been approved in time for Rowell to play as a freshman.

''I was relieved, but I was real upset, too,'' Rowell told the Opelika-Auburn News, which reported mistake.